Gas-burner



(No Model.)

T. SHEEHAN.

GAS BURNER.

No. 366,891. Patented July 19, 1887..

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICEO THOMAS SHEEHAN, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

GAS-BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,891, dated July 19, 1887.

Application filed February 9, 1887. Serial No. 227,034. (No model) To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS SHEEIIAN, of Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and Ira proved Gas-Burner, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a novel arrangement of gasburners, the object of the invention being to so dispose two burners that the points of the burning jets issuing from said burners will impinge the one against the other, wherebya more perfect combustion of the gas is secured, and consequently a greater amount of incandescence obtaincd,the air of the apartment being at the same time prevented from becoming charged with unconsumcd particles escaping from the burners.

The above-named object is accomplished by mounting two gasburners in a line that is approximately horizontal, the two burners be ing arranged in opposition, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and specilieall y pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in which there is given a side view of my improved form of gasburner.

In the drawing above referred to, 1 is a de pending gas-pipe; 5, a horizontal pipe connected to the depending pipe 1, and having the depending pipes at at each end, and 10 and 11 are two horizontal gas-burners, which may be of any of the well-known forms, said burners being mounted, as illustrated, so that their tips or points 2 and 3 are in opposition.

The distance between the tips 2 and 3 should be so adjusted that the end of the ignited jet from each burner will impinge against the ignited jet from the other burner, whereby the unconsu med particles issuing from each burner are consumed, the distance between the two burners depending, of course, upon the size of the burner and the pressure under which the gas is delivered. For ordinary one-foot burners the distance would be about two and a half inches, while for twofoot burners it would take four to four and a quarter inches.

In practice, with such a burner as has been described, it is found that no smoke is given off by the double burner, that more light is produced for a given amount of gas, and that as the combustion is rendered perfect, owing to the diffusion of the two currents or jets as they strike each other, there are no particles of dirt or gas delivered to the apartment.

In adjusting the burners I have found that the best effects are obtained when the two ig nited jets overlap about a quarter of an inch, this arrangement being brought about by turning the gas off or on until the ignited jet is of the required size.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combinatiomwith a depending gas-pipe, ofa burner attachment consisting of-a horizontal pipe, 5, the pipes 4:, depending from the ends of the horizontal pipe 5, and the horizontal burners 10 and 11, arranged with their tips opposite each othcr,substantially as herein shown and described.

THOMAS 'sHEnHAN. 

